Osomatsu-kun

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Osomatsu, Kazumatsu, Karamatsu, Choromatsu, Todomatsu, and Jushimatsu are six identical brothers who are continually making trouble in their town, chasing after the fishmonger's daughter Totoko, and harassing the local snob, Francophile Iyami. Based on a manga in Shonen Sunday by Fujio Akatsuka, who also created Genius Idiot, Osomatsu-kun was derided by the PTA as "one of the worst programs ever made," and was consequently very popular with children; compare to the modern-day excesses of the similarly criticized Crayon Shin-chan. It was remade in 1988 by Studio Pierrot into 86 episodes, which retained its former popularity, soon gaining a 20% audience rating.